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A CONDUCTOR'S GUIDE TO SELECTED CHORAL-ORCHESTRAL WORKS OF EMMA LOU DIEMER

MORGAN, JENNIFER SUSAN
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1115393701

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2005, DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music : Conducting, Choral Emphasis.
Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927), an accomplished American composer, educator, and performer, has written 180 choral works. Best known in the world of choral music for her Three Madrigals, Diemer’s favorite compositional medium is chorus with orchestral accompaniment. Chapter One contains a biography placing Diemer’s choral-orchestral compositions in context, a categorical summary of Diemer’s choral output, and a preface to the following chapters. Chapters Two through Eight examine seven of Diemer’s choral-orchestral works. Each of those chapters serves as a conductor’s guide to the specific piece, with the objective of providing a resource to conductors who might prepare and present these works. This document was written for the purpose of assisting choral conductors by providing the following information about each composition: dedication or commissioning data, composer’s notes, quotes from interviews, correspondence, sources (texts, Diemer notebooks/sketches, composition drafts/manuscripts, full score), vocal and instrumental requirements, past performances (arrangements for the first performance, subsequent performance history, critical reception/reviews), encapsulated analysis in tables (form, subsections/text, compositional elements, harmonic context, textures), special suggestions for conductors, performance issues (a discussion of the choral and orchestral parts, an assessment of the works’ respective difficulties), proposed program notes, bibliography specific to the composition, and discography specific to the composition. The works addressed in these guides for Chapters Two through Seven are: To Him All Glory Give, Anniversary Choruses, Invocation, There Is a Morn Unseen, To Come So, and Songs for the Earth. Chapter Eight is a conductor’s guide to a set of anthems written for Duke Chapel: God of Love and God of Power, The Church’s One Foundation, and How Firm a Foundation. Also included are a selected bibliography, an appendix of Diemer choral works not included in Ellen Grolman Schlegel’s Emma Lou Diemer: A Bio-Bibliography, and an appendix of selected photographs.
Dr. Stephen Coker (Advisor)
109 p.
Music
Diemer; Choral Conducting; Choral-Orchestral

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  • MORGAN, J. S. (2005). A CONDUCTOR'S GUIDE TO SELECTED CHORAL-ORCHESTRAL WORKS OF EMMA LOU DIEMER [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1115393701

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  • MORGAN, JENNIFER. A CONDUCTOR'S GUIDE TO SELECTED CHORAL-ORCHESTRAL WORKS OF EMMA LOU DIEMER. 2005. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1115393701.

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  • MORGAN, JENNIFER. "A CONDUCTOR'S GUIDE TO SELECTED CHORAL-ORCHESTRAL WORKS OF EMMA LOU DIEMER." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1115393701

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